Grain-bundle shocker



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H. BAXTER GRAIN BUNDLE sHocKER Filed Nov. 29, 1920 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 mile/3 Patented Feb. 5, 11924.

HARRY BAXTER, OF NEWMAN; ILLNOIS.

GRAIN-BUNDLE SHOCKER.

Application filed November 29, 1920.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I; HARRY BAXTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newman, in the county of Douglas and State of Illinois, iave invented a new and useful Grain-Bundle Shocker, ot which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention automatically to shock the bundles of grain discharged from a binder.

My present invention is in large part a development and improvement of that set forth in my prior Patent ilot 1,335,419, granted March 30; 1920; but is intended to eliminate the manual labor required for the operation of the device shown in such prior patent; and thus make the formation of the shocks substantially wholly automatic.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved automatic shocker, with parts of the associated binder and tractor; Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the shock-former showing various positions which it has in depositing a shock; Fig. 3 is a plan of the shocker; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the shocker, taken from the binder side; Fig. 5 is a section on the line of Fig. 4, showing a detail of the releasable lock of the shock-former; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal section through the shock-former and associated parts7 taken substantially on the aXis of the shock-former; Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of part of the shock-gripper and its ratchet lock; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 10, showing in fragmentary side elevation the operating mechanism for the bundle-pusher or movable cylinder base; Fig. 9 is a plan of the front axle of the shocker, and the driving parts associated therewith; Fig. 10 is a horizontal section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 3;- Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the shock-former immediately after it has deposited a shock on the ground; Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic view of a modified arrangement of the cylinder whereby the binder may discharge directly into the cylinder without an intermediate elevator; and Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view of a modified form of the mounting of the front end of the cylinder, on a crank instead of on a roller operating on an inclined plane.

My improved shocker is arranged to travel beside a binder 20, and may be drawn in common with the binder by a tractor 2l;

Serial No. 427,221.

only fragments of the binder and tractor being shown (Fig. 1) as they may be of any desired type. The shocker has a supporting frame 22 mounted on a front axle 23 and rear caster wheels 24, the front axle being provided with supporting wheels 25 at least one of which preferably has groundgripping projections 26 which insure turning of such wheel and of the axle 23; from which the necessary power for operating the movable parts of the shocker is obtained. The frame 22 is connected to the tractor 21 by a chain 27 if the shocker is drawn by such tractor, and is properly spaced from the binder 2O by a thrust bar 28.

Mounted on the frame 22 are a bundlereceiving cylinder 3() lying generally horizontal and having an axially slidable base 31 which constitutes a bundle-pusher, a shock-former 32 comprising two hollow frusto-conical parts joined at their small ends and mounted to turn about a transverse aXis so that either frustum may receive a group of bundles from the cylinder by the operation of the cylinder base and may form such bundles into a proper shock shape and then rotate to deposit the formed shock on the ground; and in the preferred form of my invention an elevator 33 which receives bundles or sheaves from the apron. 34 of the binder 2O and raises such bundles and drops them into the cylinder through an opening 35 at the top of the latter. A guard 3G is provided for preventing the bundles discharged from the upper end of the elcvator 33 from o-vershooting the opening 35. lf the cylinder is sufficiently low and the apron 34 sufficiently high, the elevator 33 may be omitted and the apron 34 made to discharge directly into the cylinder 30 through an upwardly oblique opening as is indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 12; but generally it is desirable to provide thea elevator 33.

The elevator 33, when provided, and the base or bundle-pusher 31 are both driven from the axle 23, but they are driven alternately so that only one of them operates at a time. For this purpose; the aXle 23 has a loose pulley 40 which is connected by a belt 41 to the upper roller 42 of the elevator 33, which pulley may be clutched to the aXle 23 by a movable clutch member 43 operable by a shift lever 44; which shift lever is also connected through a pin and slot 45 (Fig. 9) to a sliding yoke 46 connected to two sliding clutch members 47 which when shifted in one direction clutch to the axle 23 two loosely mounted sprockets 48. The shift lever 44 is connected to the yoke 46 and to the clutch member 43 to operate them oppositely, to clutch the sprockets 48 to the shaft when the pulley 40 is unclutched, and vice versa.

The sprockets 48 are connected by chains 49 to sprockets 50 on two shafts 5l parallel to the axle 23 and in alinement with each other and spaced apart at their adjacent ends to permit the passage across the line of such alined shafts of a push-rod 52 for the cylinder base or bundle-pusher 3l.. The push-rod 52 is provided with a series of cross pins which project laterally therefrom on both sides so that they may cooperate with sprockets 54 carried by the adjacent ends of the shafts l; so that when the shafts 5l are rotated the sprockets 54 cooperate with the pins 53 first to drive the push-rod 52 and through it the bundle-pusher 31 rea-rward to push a group of bundles out out the cylinder 30, (the pins 53 then cooperating with the under sides oi the sprockets 54,) and thereafter to move the push-rod and bundle-pusher forward to normal. position, the pins 53 then cooperating` with the upper sides ot' the sprockets 54; as indicated in iull and dotted lines in Fig. 8. The sprockets 54 cooperate with the end pins of the series ot' pins 53, when such end pins are reached. to swing the push-rod 52 from the under side to the upper side or the sprockets 54 and vice versa, the number of such pins being variable by removing or inserting one or more pins, as the condition of the grain being cut requires. The push-rod 52 is held in cooperation with the sprocket wheels 54, on both the lower and upper sides, by suitable rollers 55.

The shift lever 44 is normally in the position (not shown) where it clutches the pulley to the axle lt is moved to the other position when it is desired to deposit a shock in proper relation to the other shocks in the field, to unclutch the pulley 40 and stop the elevator and to clutch the sprockets 48 and produce a reciprocation of the bundle-pusher or cylinder base 3l. The reverse clutch-shifting action is obtained automatically when such reciprocation is completed. For this purpose, the cylinder base 3l is provided with a forwardly projecting` cam finger 60, which is stiilly flexible, and which when the cylinder base 31 is moved forward `to complete its reciprocation strikes a pin (Si on the yoke 46 to shift such yoke and the shifting lever 44 to unclutch the sprockets 48 from the axle 23 and clutch the pulley 40 thereto, to start the elevator 33 into operation automatically when the reciprocation oi the bundle-pusher is completed. The cam linger is suliieiently stiff to operate the yoke 46, but sufficiently flexible to bend when the shitting lever 44 is manually operated.

The rearward end of the pusher-rod 52 is pivotally mounted on a pin in a carrying yoke 6G mounted on a slide pin 67 extending through the cylinder base 3l, and a compression spring 68 is provided tending to push the yoke 66 away from such cylinder head. The pin 65 projects beyond the yoke 66 into guide slots in parallel guide plates 69 which guide the yoke 66 in its movements. rllhis yielding connection permits the pushrod 52 to be moved to the desired extent necessary for its end pin at its free end to move upward around the sprockets 54 even though the cylinder head 31 is stopped before such end pin is reached, by reason ot' grain bundles of greater length, thus allowing for considerable variation in the length of the straw and in the distance to which the bundles are shoved into the cone frustums of the shock-former.

In addition, l preferably provide a tension spring 70 between the lower part of the cylinder base 3l and a point on the push-rod 52, v

tending to pull the free end of the push-rod downward and the entire rod toward the cylinder head 31. This permits the end pin 53 nearest such cylinder head 3l to pass around the sprockets 54 on the side away from such cylinder head when the latter reaches the forward limit of its movement even though such forward limit is reached somewhat before the push-rod 52 has moved forward suciently far to allow such end cross pin to pass such sprockets. In other words, the two springs 68 and 70 tend to hold the cross pin 65 at an intermediate point in the slots in the guide plates 69, so Vthat there may be relative yielding between the push-rod and the cylinder head at both ends of their reciproca-tory movement.

The cylinder head 3l, as already stated,

is slidable axially of the cylinder 30. To guide it in its movemnits, two forwardly projecting guide rods 7 5 are fixed to diametrically opposite points of such cylinder head and have a sliding lit within guides 76 fixed on the forward end ot the cylinder 30. In addition, the cylinder head is provided with radially projecting `guide bars 77 which extend through longitudinally extending guide slots 78 in the sides of the cylinder 30. These guide bars and guide slots also limit the relative movement between the cylinder head and cylinder; and the projecting guide bars 77 have in addition a releasing function for the holding device of the shock-former, as will be eX- plained hereinafter.

Not only is the cylinder head 3l axially movabler` but so is the cylinder 30 itself` In. the preferred arrangement shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4, t-he cylinder has a pair of supporting brackets 80 on each side, which ill i level as the rearward end.

brackets are provided with rollers 81 which travel on two longitudinally extending side members 82 of the frame 22. These side members are provided with notches 83 in which the forward rollers 81 drop when the cylinder 30 is at the forward limit of its movement, so that such forward end is then lowered. The forward sides of these notches are vertical to serve as. stops for the rollers, while the rearward sides are inclined so that when the cylinder 30 is pushed toward the rear the forward rollers will rise on the inclines to lift the forward end of the cylinder from its normally lower position to the same Thus in normal position the forward end of the cylinder is tilted downward, but when the cylinder is shoved rearward it is horizontal. This downward tilting of the forward end of the cylinder when in normal position tends to cause the bundles of grain to slide forward against the cylinder base 31 when they are dropped into the cylinder, with their butt ends against such cylinder head, thus producing an alinement of all such butt ends.

The cylinder 30 is moved rearward by Vthe friction of its inner surface with the grain'bundlcs when the cylinder head 31 is pushed rearward, and is moved forward `when the cylinder head 31 strikes the rear forward rollers 81.

lf desired, instead of having the forward rollers 81 drop into notches 83, the forward end of the cylinder 30 may be mounted on pivoted crank-arms 85, as indicated in Fig. 13, so that when the cylind^r is shoved to the rear the forward end will be raised, in the same general way that it is raised by the travel of the forward rollers 81 upon the inclined rear sides of the notches 83.

The shock-former 32 normally lies in a horizontal position, with either end forward, to receive the bundles shoved out of the cylinder 30 by the bundle-pusher or cylinder base 31. This shock-former, which as stated comprises two hollow cone frustums joined at their small ends, is rotatably mount-ed on a transverse non-rotatable shaft which extends through the center of the shock-former and is supported by its projecting ends. Each of these projecting ends is mounted for longitudinal sliding in a slidway 91, which is pivoted to the rear end of the main frame 22 on a pivot point 92 forward of the shaft 90, so that such slideway 91 and the shaft 90 may swing up and down. The downward swinging of each slideway is limited by a stop 93 which projects obliquely upward from the rear end of the frame 22 below the pivot point 92 and on which the slideway 91 normally rests. Each end of the shaft 90 is held from turning in the slideway 91 by a. pin 94 which extends through a suitable transverse hole in the shaft 90 and longitudinally through the center of the slideway, and is centered in such slideway by two compression springs 95 surrounding the pin 94 on each side of the shaft 90 and acting between the shaft and the respective ends of the slideway, as is perhaps most clear from Fig. 6. This pivotal mount-ing of the slideways 91 and the resilient mounting of the shaft 90 in such slideways permit the yielding of the shock-former both vertically and horizontally as conditions require, the vertical yielding' by the swinging of the slideways as the shock-former rotates to deposit a shock being diagrammatically indica-ted in Fig. 2, which shows five positions of the shock-former as it rotates through 180O durino the forward travel of the shocker.

,The shock-former 32 is normally held in horizontal position, with either end forward in position to receive bundles from the cylinder, by a pair of spring-pressed latches suitably pivoted on the frame 22 and spring-pressed to latching position by springs 101, each of these latches 100 being provided with a hole through it for receiving a looking pin 102, of which there are two projecting oppositely laterally from each end of the shock-former 32. Each latch 100 is provided with withdrawing finger 103 which projects upward past the outer` edge of the corresponding side member 82 in position to be acted on by an inclined-plane cam 104 mounted on the outer side of a slide bar 105 resting on the top of said side member S2, said slide bar being spring-pressed downward against said side member by suitable leaf springs 106. The front end of each slide bar 105 is provided with a. forwardly projecting hooked finger 107 havin'g its hook directed downward and arranged to permit the corresponding guide bar 77 to pass beneath the hook (by lifting the finger 107 against the spring 106) when the cylinder base or bundle-pusher 31 finishes its rearward movement, and to grip such guide bar 77 and be pulled forward thereby when the cylinder base 31 starts forward. This forward movement of the hooked finger 107 carries the entire slide bar 105 with it, so that the cam 104 engages and pushes outward the releasing linger 103 to disengage the latch 100 from the pin 102 and permit the forward end of the shock-former 32, in which forward end there is now a formed shock ready to be deposited, to swingdownward by the weight of the grain within it and deposit the fo-rmed shock on the ground in the manner clear from Figs. 2 and 11; after depositing the shock, the continued forward movement of the shocker causes the shock-former in being withdrawn from the deposited shock to continue its swinging to the horizontal position, but with its ends reversed, in which position it is caught and latched by the action of the latches 100 on the pins 102 at the now forward end of the shock-former. The forward movement of the slide bars 105 is stopped when it has released the latches 100. A shoulder S at the forward end of each slide bar strikes an inclined plane 109 provided on the side bar 82 and is lifted thereby to release the hooked finger 107 from the guide bar 77, whereupon a returning spring 99 attached to the rear end of the slide bar 105 returns the lat-ter to its initial position.

ln order to prevent the formed shock in the shock-former from dropping out prematurely as the shock-former rotates, l provide automatically acting shock-grippers within the cone frustums of the shock- Vformer to hold the shock until the proper time to release it. These shock-grippers comprise sliding rods 110 mounted in laterally projecting slide bea-rings 111 on the sides of the cone frustums of the shock-former, which rods 110 are spring-pressed outwardly7 by compression springs 112 and are provided at their inner ends with arc-shaped bows 113 lying in transverse slots 114i in the sides of the cone frustulns. When the rods 110 are pushed inward, the bows 113 compress the shock laterally and hold it within the cone. When the straw is shortthis gripping action may be supplemented by providing an arm 115 in connection with each bow 113, such arm 115 havingl a pivotal mounting 11G within the cone frustum near its smaller end and being` fastened to the bow 113 by a bolt 117 extending loosely through a hole in the arm 115 to permit the necessary movement between the two; and on the outer end of each arm 115 is a supplemental bow 118 of a shape generally similar to that'of the bow 113, for gripping the shock near `the butt ends of the grain bundles. lVhen the straw is long. the arms 115 may be removed, by taking out the pins 110 and the bolts 117.

The bows 113` and the bows 118 if they are provided, are controlled `by movements of the slide bars 105. Each rod 110 is provided atits outer end with a roller 120, which cooperates with a cam 121 on an arm 122 pivote-d on the side member 82 substantially at the rear end of the latter, and the arm 122 is connected to t-he corresponding slide bar 105 by a resiliently extensible link 123, formed of two relatively slidable parts spring-pressed to shorten the link length by a compression spring 124;. lVhen the slide bar 105 is pulled forward by the guide bar 77 when the cylinder base l31 starts forward, the arm 122 is swung (from full-line to dotted-line position in Fig. 6) to push the associated rod 110 inward to cause the bo-ws 113 and 118 to grip the shock. The link 123 may stretch during this operation, as required by the size of the shock in the shockformer. -When the bar 110 is pushed inward, it is held in the innermost position which it, reaches, by' a pawl 125 which cooperates with a number of latch notches 126 in the side of such bar. The pawl 125 is springpressed to latching position by a spring 127, and is connected to a lever 128 provided with al roller 12.9 which cooperates with a cam 130. This cam is on the stationary shaft 90 and acts to withdraw the pawl 125 when the shock-former reaches vertical position, thus allowing the spring 112 to pull outward the rod 110 and release the shock from the'bows 113 and 118. Y

In operation, the binde-r cuts and binds the grain and discharges the bound bundles onto the apron 311, whence the bundles are either discharged directly into the cylinder through the opening 35 (Fig. 12) or are picked up by the elevator 33 in the preferred form of my invention and dropped thereby through the opening into the cylinder. While theI bundles are being so fed to the cylinder, the latter and its base 31 are stationary in their forward position and the sl1ockformer is horizon-tailr` all as indicated in Fig. 1, and the front. end of the cylinder is slightly dropped with relation to the rear end; and the clutches 513 and 47 are set to drive the roller 42 and not to drive the shafts 51. lVhen it is desired to deposit a shock, as when a sufficient number of bundles are in the cylinder 30 and the desired point of deposit is reached, the'shifting lever all is opera-ted to set the clutches 1-7 and release the clutch L13, to stop the elevator 33 and start the reciprocation of the cylinder base 31. As the shafts 51 start to rotate upon the setting of the clutches 47, they act through the sprockets 5-1 and Apushrod 52 to push the cylinder head 31 toward the rear. The friction ofthe sheaves carries the cylinder 30 rearward also, until the rear arms strike the forward end of the shock-former 32, whereupon the cylinder stops and the continued rearward movement of the cylinder base 31 pushes .the bundles out of the cylinder 30 and into the front cone trust-um of the shock-forn'ler` head-end first, and the conical shape vof the shockformer compresses the head ends of the sheaves to make a conical shock. Then the bundles are completely in the slioclcformer, the springs 95 and 68 may yield somewhat, as required, to permit the end cross pin 53 to pass around the sprockets 511, after which the continued movement of such sprockets moves the cylinder head 31 forward, leaving the shock in the shock-former. cylinder head 31 starts forward, the guide arms 77 slide the slide bars 105 forward, to release the latches 100 and cause clamping of the shock in the shock-former by the bows 113 and '118. The cylinder head 3.1

As the Continues forward until it `reaches its normal position, carrying the cylinder 30 with it; and when such normal position is reached the linger 60 strikes the pin G1 and reverses the clutch setting to stop the shafts 51 and start again into operation the elevator 33. In the meantime, the weight of the sheaves in the forward end ot the shockformer causes such forward end to swing downward, so that the shock-former will pass through the cycle shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2, to deposit the shock on the ground and pass on therefrom as is indicated in Fig. 11. A s the shock-former passes through its cycle, and reaches the vertical position marked 3 in Fig. 2, the interaction of the rollers 129 with the cams 130 causes the pawls 125 to be withdrawn to permit the bows 113 and 118 to release the shock.

This operation is repeated as often as desired, being initiated by the shifting lever 44, and stopping automatically when the depositing operation is completed.

I claim as my invention:

`l. An automatic shocker, comprising the combination of a receptacle arranged to receive grain bundles from binder, a shockformer for forming groups of bundles into a shock and depositing the formed shock on the ground, and means for intermittently pushing the bundles from said receptacle into said shock-former.

2. An automatic shocker, comprising the combination of a receptacle arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a shockormer Jfor forming groups of bundles into a shock and depositing the formed shock on the ground, means for intermittently pushing the bundles from said receptacle into said shock-former, and means for stopping the feeding of bundles to said receptacle while the pushing means is operating.

8. An automatic shocker, comprising the combination of a receptacle arranged to receive grain bundles from a. binder, a shockormer for forming groups oit bundles into a shock and depositing the formed shock on the ground, means for intermittently pushing the bundles from said receptacle into said shock-former, locking means for said shock-former for holding it in receiving position, and means controlled by said pushing means for releasing said locking means.

4. In a shocker, the combination oi an elevator for receiving grain bundles from a binder, a receptacle inte which said elevator' discharges said grain bundles, discharging means for intermittently receiving from said receptacle the grain bundles collected therein and depositing them in a shock on the ground, and means for driving said elevaterV and said discharging means alternately.

5. ln a shocker, the combination of an elevator for receiving grain bundles from a binder, a receptacle into which said elevator discharges said grain bundles, d ischarging means for' intermittently receiving from said receptacle the grain bundles collected therein and depositing them in a shock on the ground, driving mechanism for said elevator, driving mechanism for said discharging mechanism, and controlling mechanism for said two driving mechanisms arranged to render one inoperative when the other is operative.

6. ln a shocker, the combination et an elevator for receiving grain bundles from a binder, a receptacle into which said elevator discharges said grain bundles,I discharging means Jfor intermittently receiving from said receptacle the grain bundles collected therein and depositing them in a shock on the ground, driving mechanism ior said elevator, driving mechanism for said discharging mechanism, controlling mechanism for said two dr ng mechanisms arranged to render one inoperative when the other is operative, and means for automatically operating said controlling mechanism to malte the driving mechanism for the elevator' operative upon the completion oian operation of said discharging mechanism.

7. ln a shocker, the combination oi' a cylinder' arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to p1 out the collected grain bundles therefrom, and a. tapering shock-former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, id shocir-formerbeing` movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles trom said cylinder' it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the torni of a shoclr on the ground.

8. ln a shocker, the combination ot a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom. a tapering shocktormer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being inovably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the torni et a sl' cli on the ground, a lock tor holding s.V noch-torn er in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylincer, and means for releasing said loclr to permit the shock-former to swing when it has received a group et grain bundles from said cylinder.

9. ln a shocker, the combination oie a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a` binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the llO grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shoclni'ormer being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, a lock for holding said shock-former in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, and means controlled by the movement ot said cylinder head for releasing said lock when said cylinder' head reaches a predetermined point in its reciprocation.

10. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shock` former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles: in the form of ashock on the ground, and means for stopping the discharge of bundles into said cylinder during the reciprocation of said cylinder head.

1l. In a shocker, the combination ci a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom` a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may string about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground` and a reciprocable rod for operating said cylinder base, said rod being yieldingly connected to said cylinder base to permit variations in the movement ot the latter.

l2. In a shocker, the con'ibination ot' a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocablc in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom. a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the. form of a shock on the ground, and means for supporting said shock-former on such transverse axis to permit movement oi the axis toward and from the cylinder as required by they number and length of the bundles pushed into it from the cylinder.

13. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering slioclrformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out orl said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such nindles in the form ot a shock on the ground, a reciprocal-'ile rod for operating said cylinder base, said rod being yieldingly connected to said cylinder base topermit variations in the movement of the latter, and means Ytor supporting said shocletormer on such transverse axis to permit movement of the axis toivard and from the cylinder as required by the number and length ot the bundles pushed into it from the cylinder.

le. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shockiormer arranged in position to receive the `grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being niovably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form or' a shock, on the ground, and means for supporting said shock-former on said transverse axis to permit vertical. movement of the axis as the shock-former swings to deposit a formed shock on the ground.

l5. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles troni binder, a cylinder base` reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shocki2 rnier arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, and means for supporting said shock-former on said transverse axis both to permit vertical movement of such axis the shock-former swings to deposit a shock on the g `ound and to permit movement or the shock-former toward and from said cylinder as required by the length and number of the bundles pushed into it.

i6. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push outtlie collected `grain bundles thereiromQa tapering shockiormer arranged in position toV receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shoclnformer being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the 'form ot a shock on the ground, and means for supporting said shock-former on said transverse axis both to permit vertical movement of such axis as the shoclcformer swings to de posit a shock on the ground and to permit movement of the shock-former toward and from said cylinder as required by the length and number of the bundles pushed into it, and a reciprocable rod for operating said cylinder base, said rod being yieldingly connected to said cylinder base to permit variations in the movement of the latter.V

17. ln a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable insaid cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shocl on the ground, and means forV gripping the bundles in said shock-former to hold them in place as the shock-former swings toward depositing po A sition.

18. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shock-former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shoclcformer being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cilflinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, means for gripping the bundles in said shock-former to hold them in place as the shock-former swings toward depositing position, and means for releasing` said gripping means when the shock-former reaches depositing posit-ion.

19. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder' base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, a tapering shock-former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shoclcformer being `Inovably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axisto deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, said cylinder being arranged to lie normally with its end remote from said shock-former lower than the other end, and means for causing said lower end to be raised when said cylinder base is moved to push out the grain bundles from the cylinder.

20. In a shocker, the combination of a cylder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a Vcylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, and a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, said cylinder being arranged to lie normally with its end remote from said shock-former lower than the other end.

21. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, and a tapering shock former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, said cylinder being slidable toward and from the shock-former by the reciprocation of said cylinder base.

22. In a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, and a tapering shock-former arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being moyably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about atransverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, said cylinder being slidable toward and from the shock-former by the reciprocation of said cylinder base. the mounting of said cylinder being arranged to raise the cylinder end remote from said shock-former relative to the other end when the cylinder is moved toward the shock-former.

23. ln a shocker, the combination of a cylinder arranged to receive grain bundles from a binder, a cylinder base reciprocable in said cylinder to push out the collected grain bundles therefrom, and a tapering shockformer arranged in position to receive the grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder, said shock-former being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, said cyl inder being slidable toward and from the shock-former by the reciprocation of said cylinder base, the mounting of said cylinder being arranged to make the cylinder end remote from the shock-former lower than the other end when the cylinder is away from sil-id shock-former and to raise such lower deposit the 'Formed shock on the end when the cylinder is moved toward the shock-former.

shoclr and to swing on a transverse axis to deposit the 'formed shock on the ground, and means 'for supporting vsaid-shoclr-former `o'n-sucli transverse axisto permit movement ot' such axis and shock-former longitudinally ot the shocker.

25. In a shocker, the combination ot a hollow truste-conical member arranged to receive grain bundles and forni them into a shock and to swing on a t anverse axis to ground, and means for supporting said shock-former on said transverse axis both to permit vertical movement of such axis as the shock-former swings to deposit a shock on the ground and to permit movement ot the shock-former longitudinally of the shocker.

Q6. In a shocker, the combination oit a hollow truste-conical member arranged to receive grain bundles and form them into a shock and to swing on a transverse axis to deposit the formed shock on the ground, and hinged members swing-able up and down and in which said shock-former is resiliently pivotally mounted on said transverse axis.

27. In a shocker, the combination of a hollow truste-conical member arranged to receive grain bundles and form them into a shock, hinged members swingable up and down, and means for mounting said shockiformer in said hinged members to permit rotation and longitudinal translation oli` said shock-former relative to said swingingvmeinbers.

2S. In a shocker, the combination of a hollow :trusto-comcal member arranged to receive grain bundles and form Vthem into a shock and to swing on a transverse axis to deposit the formed shock on the ground, and means tor gripping the bundles in said shock-former to hold them in place as the shock-former swings toward depositing position.

29. In a shocker, the combination ot a hollow rusto-conical member arranged to receive ygrain bundles and form them into a Vshock and to swing on a transverse axis to grain bundles pushed out of said cylinder,.

said sliockeformer being movably mounted so that upon receiving the grain bundles from said cylinder it may swing about a transverse axis to deposit such `bundles in the form of a shock on the ground, and means operable upon reciprocating the cyl- Vinder base for lifting the end of the cylinder remote from the shock-former.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto setmy hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 26th day of November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty. Y

HARRY BAXTER. 

